Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Many Latin Players
are associated with a free swinging mentality as
they saying goes "You don't walk off the Island. You hit your way off."

As a result, Latins have been motivated to swing the bat.Well now Latins are motivated to trigger another swing, The Presidential Vote.

Determining what qualifies as a swing state is not an exact science,
but the best estimate nine months out is as follows: Arizona, Colorado,
Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New
Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.The key for political parties is registering Hispanics to vote.
According to the U.S. Census, 84% of Hispanic registered voters reported
voting in 2008. According to the U.S. Census, in 2010 there were 492,330 Latinos of
voting age in North Carolina, representing a clear opportunity for both
parties. In a tight race, Hispanic voters could be the margin of victory
in 12 of the 15 swing states.

Three important points about Hispanic swing voters:
(1) Hispanics lean Democratic, but it's not a base Democratic vote.
Hispanics cast their ballots on issues and in favor of the candidates
rather than for the party.

(2) Campaigns need to communicate to Hispanics in both English and
Spanish. A strategic move behind President Obama winning 67% of Hispanic
vote was his campaign's outspending McCain in the Spanish language
media by five to one.

(3) Hispanic adults are more engaged in the social Web than
non-Hispanics, over-indexing as creators, critics, collectors, joiners
in and spectators of social networks. In addressing the concerns of this demographic, no candidate can
ignore the issue of immigration reform, particularly when it comes to
young, first-time voters. Each month 50,000 Hispanics in the United States turn 18. These young voters power Latino social
networks, connecting on Facebook and tweeting voters across the country.

Immigration -- and its power to alienate or attract voters -- is
the key for both parties, not just Republicans. Yet, so far for both
parties, immigration has been kryptonite. A recent survey found that Latinos, by 91%, support legislation
known as the Dream Act that would give legal status to illegal
immigrants who earn college degrees or serve in the military for two
years. Imagine the waves across social media when the Dream Act is not
aggressively pursued or summarily dismissed.

President Obama broke his promise to introduce an immigration reform
bill during his first year in office. He deported 1.2 million Latinos,
including 46,000 parents of American citizens. His draconian policies
left thousands of frightened children in foster care ,
which brought an onslaught of negative Spanish-language media. Heading
into the presidential campaign, President Obama's approval rating among
Latinos has plunged 36 points since April 2009 -- from 85% to 49%,
according to a recent Pew survey. Translation, that's fucking horrible.

Obama's potential opponent, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney,
wants to make life so unbearable for Hispanics working here illegally
that they will "self-deport." Passing apartheid-like laws to pressure
Hispanic undocumented workers to leave the country is central to
Romney's platform. Can we say Oppression? I guess he's never been to the Statue of Liberty and read the inscription.

To win over Hispanic voters, both President Obama and the GOP nominee
need to smother the kryptonite that the issue of immigration has become
with a lead blanket of comprehensive immigration reform, supported by
strong majorities of Hispanic swing voters and a majority of
independents and the general public. Only then can the conversation
between Hispanic voters and the candidate really begin.

In the 2008 election there was a 30% swing of Hispanic votes away
from the Republican Party's share of the vote in 2004. This swing vote
was enough to elect Barack Obama to the White House and turn six states —
Colorado, Florida, Indiana, New Mexico, Nevada and Virginia — from red
to blue. Any candidate or campaign that ignores Hispanic swing voters
does it at their peril.

Now its time for all Hispanics, especially those in softball t
to step up to the voting plate and take a swing that counts.

I often ask are we not Warriors??? when I talk about softball. Well today two great warriors are down, but not out.

Mikey Peckins

and Jeff Carol

were in an accident (a collision) this past
weekend while skiing. They are OK now and starting the recovery process. The
doctor said they were very lucky considering the damage that was done as Mike has
had surgery and now has plates in his face where bone used to be
as his jaw has been wired shut (for 6 weeks). Crazy.

Life is Fragile.

The insider wishes these two worries only the best and hopes to see them on the field again at some point in 2012 as the game will not be the same without them.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Now you probably get this picture from my blog
persona that I'm a politically incorrect bastard who bags on Authority. But I wanna just take this time out to be perfectly honest because there's a lot of shit like .

Criticism

Apathy

Recession

Unemployment

Economic Hardship

Failure

Frustration.

that I keep bottled up that hurts deep inside of me. I handle it well, given the circumstances I'm dealt. Yet as the older I get I realize how many chances I've had and damn it's too bad, I could have done something else.

People make jokes because they don't understand me, they just don’t see my real side.I act like that shit doesn't phase me, but inside it drives me crazy as my insecurities could eat me alive. However, on days like today any doubts I have are washed away as I realize what I have in life
As today is March 5th
and as a wise friend once told me "it's good to honor the people who are special in your life". Well today is my very low profile wife's Astrid's Birthday.

Talk to the Hand

and the Insider would just like to let you know Thank You - Your Amazing

Friday, March 2, 2012

Do love softball in NYC, but feel Hoodwinked by leagues who conceal their true motives by elaborately feigning
good intentions so as to gain an unfair financial end at your expense? Here's an example of a co-ed league that pretends to offer a lot to its customers, but in reality ridiculously overprices their services and exploits the public :

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12 regular season games

12 softballs

Officials for all games

Permits for the fields

All-Star game

Single Elimination Playoff Structure

End of season awards party

Prizes to the top teams.

Leagues are filling up fast! We are looking forward to a great 2012
spring season for our coed divisions, including our very
successful new coed division introduced in 2011 -Just for Fun.League fees for most divisions this year are$2,295per team,
the only exception being the Coed I fee of$2,695 (Coed I plays
exclusively in Central Park).

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Love the line "Just for Fun", yeah right. They charge these outrageous prices because they can as they have a monopoly on the fields. They think they have no real competition.

Until now

I love competition and I'm here to lift the cover off their price gouging hood and open up a affordable, better, and truly fun CO-ED league in Red Hook Brooklyn.

Field is very safe and nice 5 minute walk from the G or F train. Speaking of train its 10 minutes from Wall street, 20-25 from midtown. So for about the same train ride you pay over $1,000 less? Great deal

A real commissioner who cares about provided real softball - Me

Negative:

It's in Brooklyn. OK that's fair. But as mentioned above, it is extremely close to Manhattan. As a result, it is still an incredibly convenient alternative.

As you can see the Benefits far outweigh the so called Negatives. remember the only hustle in softball should be by the players on the field, not the league trying to rip you off.

Fight the Power -Get Red Hooked, not Hoodwinked.

Please contact me at either bknysoftball@gmail.com or 646-337-3535 to discuss the genuinely fun softball opportunity.